Marriott introduces new cap of free 30 Elite Nights!

Thinking of canceling your Marriott Cobranded credit cards? Maybe keep 1 of each (a personal and a business card).

When Marriott took over, they introduced a new cap of 15 Elite Night credits from a combination of all Marriott Co-Branded credit cards. Essentially, limiting the amount of free elite night credits one can get from different cards.

However, that seems to have changed recently.

Marriott updated their terms and conditions to reflect this:-

15 Elite Night Credits The 15 Elite Night Credits will be credited to your Marriott Bonvoy™ Member Account within 60 days upon opening your Card Account. On or before March 1 of each subsequent calendar year, the 15 Elite Night Credits will be credited to your Marriott Bonvoy Member Account operated by Marriott International, Inc., in accordance with Marriott Bonvoy terms and conditions, as long as your Card Account is open as of December 31 of the prior calendar year.

To be eligible to receive the 15 Elite Night Credits with this Card, you must be the Basic Card Member, and you must have an active Marriott Bonvoy Member Account linked to your Card Account. A maximum of 15 Elite Night Credits will be provided per Marriott Bonvoy Member Account, unless you have both a small business Marriott Bonvoy Card account and a consumer Marriott Bonvoy Card account; then, you may receive a combined maximum of 30 Elite Night Credits (15 per Card account). This benefit is not exclusive to Credit Cards offered by American Express. (Terms apply) 

This is an amazing change, considering that if you have both cobranded cards, you are now only 20 nights away from the 50 required to achieve platinum. This is on top of the free-night certificate that you would've been getting with your cards anyway. Assuming you don't get targeted for any other offers like the 2 times elite night credits. This is incredibly easy and you don't even have to be a frequent traveller to be able to achieve this status.